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Judge Warns Fake AI Cites May Need 'Eye-Catching Sanction'
A Connecticut federal judge on Tuesday warned a multistate solo practitioner that an "eye-catching sanction" may be necessary to stop attorneys from filing briefs rife with fake case law generated by artificial intelligence systems, while the lawyer bemoaned the fact that he'd "trusted a tool."
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McCarter & English Hires Ross Law Group Name Partner
The name partner of a securities and corporate boutique, alongside a former partner and associate, have moved their practices to McCarter & English LLP to continue representing clients in a range of corporate matters, the firm announced Thursday.
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PE Firms Leap Into MSO 'Frontier' For Slice Of Legal Industry
Managed services organizations are quietly gaining ground in the U.S. legal industry as private equity companies eye the use of MSOs to overcome rules against fee sharing and nonlawyer ownership of firms, but critics warn that such a shift could open up an ethical Pandora's Box.
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Expedia Wants $2.75M Sanction For 'Lies' In Cuba Land Suit
A family descended from Cuban landowners and its counsel in a suit over property seized by the Cuban government should face seven-figure sanctions for knowingly bringing bogus Helms-Burton Act claims against travel company Expedia, the company has told a Delaware federal judge following its win in a jury trial.
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2nd Circ. Allows NY AG To Curb Nonprofit's Debtor Coaching
The Second Circuit vacated a lower court order that prevented New York Attorney General Letitia James from stopping a bankruptcy education nonprofit from advising low-income debtors Tuesday, saying that while the state's unauthorized practice of law statutes regulate speech, they are content neutral and should be reviewed under intermediate scrutiny.
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The Diversity Snapshot: By The Numbers
Law firms have steadily but slowly increased the share of attorneys of color over more than a decade, but recently the increases have come at a slower pace. Here's our data dive into representation and inclusion at law firms in the U.S.
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The Diversity Snapshot: Representation In The Ranks
Law360 Pulse's Diversity Snapshot evaluates how firms hire, promote, and retain talent in line with available pipelines, providing a detailed demographic analysis. Here's a more detailed look at the representation of attorneys at the associate and partner levels.
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Equity Partnerships: A Diversity Snapshot Ranking
Diversity at the top ranks of law firms in the U.S. has shifted only incrementally over recent years. But some firms are outpacing their peers and taking demonstrable steps to tap into a wider talent pool.
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The Diversity Snapshot: Benchmarking Law Firms
Law360’s latest Diversity Snapshot ranking suggests that a modest number of firms are keeping up with the potential talent pool. Here's the latest look at how law firms match up against their peers.
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How Lawyers Can Navigate Today's Shifting DEI Landscape
Attorneys looking for firms committed to diversity, equity and inclusion are increasingly relying on informal channels to vet firms, including word-of-mouth, alumni networks, off-the-record conversations and social media, recruiters say.
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Atty Tells Disciplinary Panel $250K Demand Wasn't Blackmail
A Pennsylvania attorney facing discipline for allegedly threatening to blackmail a client's debtor was rightfully trying to collect on a long-standing, highly litigated debt, a state disciplinary hearing panel heard Monday.
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Offit Kurman To Make Texas Debut With Boutique Combo
Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law confirmed Monday it is planning to combine with a four-attorney Dallas bankruptcy and litigation boutique, giving the firm its first outpost in Texas.
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Watchdog Wants Discipline For Atty Ensnared In Murder Case
Connecticut's legal ethics watchdog is targeting an attorney who was convicted of interfering with an officer in a high-profile murder case, saying in a court filing that he's "guilty of misconduct" and should face discipline from the state.
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NC High Court Snapshot: Pot Smell Test, Atty's Divorce Feud
North Carolina's top court will return from its summer hiatus in September to address whether law enforcement can rely on the smell of marijuana alone in the age of legalized hemp to justify a warrantless search. Here are some highlights of the high court's September lineup.
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Timeshare Biz Fights Law Firm's Arbitration Bid In Fee Fight
Timeshares Direct Inc. urged a Florida federal court to reject an arbitration bid from Watstein Terepka LLP in a dispute over approximately $25,000 in legal fees because the company claimed the firm "flip-flopped" on its stance on arbitration.
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Texas Couple Fights Firm's Sanctions Bid In Crash Data Suit
A Houston couple who accused a law firm and a since-dismissed Progressive unit of conspiring to share car crash victims' private information told a Texas federal court that their suit is "neither frivolous, unreasonable, nor improper" as they pushed back against the law firm's sanctions request.
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Fisher Phillips Merges With Atlanta L&E Boutique
Fisher Phillips announced Monday it has combined with Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson LLP, a labor and employment law firm based in Atlanta, growing its ranks by 22 lawyers.
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Fla. Bar Moves To Suspend Atty Accused Of Widespread Scam
The Florida Bar filed a petition Friday seeking the emergency suspension of a lawyer accused of scamming dozens of clients, failing to pay associates and paralegals who worked at his firm and repeatedly violating court orders.
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Sterlington Adds More Morgan Lewis Private Wealth Attys
Sterlington PLLC has announced that it is expanding its Philadelphia office, which it launched earlier this summer with a three-person private wealth team from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, by bringing on a team of their former colleagues.
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Not That Zuckerberg: Atty Sues Meta Over FB Page Takedown
Indianapolis bankruptcy attorney Mark S. Zuckerberg is suing Meta Platforms Inc. after his firm's commercial Facebook account was repeatedly suspended because of his shared name with the tech company's CEO and founder.
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Atty Can't Duck ID Theft Conviction Over High Court Ruling
A 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowing the definition of aggravated identity theft may not be used to vacate a former attorney's prison sentence for a mortgage fraud scheme, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday, denying a request to throw out his plea deal and order a new trial.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Milbank LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and the Liberty Justice Center lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit held that President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs were improperly imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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Pa. Atty Suspended 2 Years Over Relationships With Clients
A Greene County, Pennsylvania, criminal defense attorney had her license suspended for two years Thursday after the state's Disciplinary Board found that she'd had inappropriate romantic relationships with two incarcerated clients, and had secretly allowed one of them to listen in on a phone conversation with another attorney.
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Legal Sector Jobs Creep Back Down After 5 Months Of Gains
U.S. legal industry jobs inched down by 200 positions last month, reflecting a loss for the first time in six months, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off September with another busy week as BigLaw firms made new hires and expanded practice areas. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.